extraordinary coach

Chapter 454

"GOAL! GOAL!!!"

Seeing Sun Xingmin kicking such a high-quality shot, Tottenham fans immediately shouted excitedly.

In their eyes, this shot is almost equal to a goal.

However, just when many people thought that the ball would go into the goal without any hindrance, a big gloved hand shot out of nowhere.

With a quick and strong palm, the seemingly unstoppable ball turned in mid-air.

"Boom!"

The ball hit the crossbar hard.It rebounded and hit the ground, but when it jumped up again, it was crushed tightly by a body.

"Oh! No!!!"

Sun Xingmin put his head in his hands helplessly, he couldn't believe that his almost inevitable shot was blocked.

The Tottenham team, who were all ready to celebrate and cheer, was even more frustrated and wanted to hit someone. "One of our goals was stolen!"

When the Tottenham team was extremely regretful, the Southampton fans cheered wildly.

"Casillas!!! Casillas!!!"

Looking at the enthusiasm of the Southampton fans, those who didn't know thought it was Casillas who scored the goal.

However, Casillas's pounce was no less than a goal.

His throw killed a must-goal for Tottenham.Its effect is really no different from scoring goals.

Sun Yi was also a little surprised by Casillas' pounce.

Just now Sun Xingmin's kick was too tricky and scary.At that time, Sun Yi thought he was going to fall behind.He never thought that Casillas could save this ball.

Casillas is only 182cm tall, which is obviously a lot shorter as a goalkeeper.The ability to cover the goal is definitely not as good as the goalkeeper who is about 190cm tall.

But Casillas actually pounced, which really surprised Sun Yi.

"What a strong ability to react and judge!"

Sun Yi couldn't help but get excited.And began to imagine Casillas at his peak time.

Even at the age of 37, he is so strong, if he is young and at his peak, he must have an S rank!

If Casillas can be restored to his peak state.Let me go, those strikers in the Premier League have to cry!

Such a possibility, just thinking about it makes Sun Yi very happy.

However, Sun Yi's joy soon let go and was replaced by worry.

"The Tottenham team that pressed Kane is more difficult to deal with than I imagined!"

In other words, it is the first time for Sun Yi to face a Tottenham team that does not have Kane as the core of their tactics.It was really uncomfortable for a while.

"What a surprise!" Dio exclaimed. "Without Kane, Tottenham have become more competitive."

What Dio said was exactly what Sun Yi thought.

"Yes. In the past, Tottenham team launched an offense around Kane, and it was easy to be seen through and locked up. But today's Tottenham team has become elusive. There is no fixed routine and core, but it allows them to play more. Let’s make some progress and bring out the power of other players.”

"Sun, I have to say, it's not that easy for us to win this game!"

"Yeah! Pochettino gave us a huge surprise today. We have to rework our tactics. This is really distressing!"

But Pochettino, who made Sun Yi and Dior into distress, was very excited after regretting it.

"Yay! It worked! My strategy worked!"

For the first time, Pochettino felt that he was so close to defeating Sun Yi.After many fiascos, when he met Sun Yi, he would really feel frightened.

He pressed Kane today, but in fact he just let go with nowhere to go.If it wasn't impossible, he really shouldn't have done it.

Unexpectedly, he was betting right.

This game has been played so far, and the performance of Tottenham has made him more and more confident.Especially Sun Xingmin's shot, he made the mood completely surging.

This is the Tottenham team I want.

Ha ha.Sun, don't even try to beat me easily today.

No! I'm going to beat you, Sun.I'm going to take three points from here.

The boiling blood made Pochettino also become passionate.

"Good job! That's the kick!"

"Keep playing like this and we're going to beat them."

"Our Tottenham team, today we are here at St. Mary's Stadium to rectify our name. We can beat any team!"

Encouraged by Pochettino's passion, Tottenham's players were all in high spirits and began to become extremely confident.

Only Kane, who was sitting on the bench, was depressed.When his teammates shouted loudly, he looked a little embarrassed.

Kane is dissatisfied with Pochettino's arrangement today.He thought in his heart that Pochettino had gone crazy today.I also think that without him, Tottenham will be even less likely to be Southampton's opponent.

But now things are not what he thought.Not the script he had in mind.

The teammates were applauding and encouraging each other. Apart from putting on an awkward yet polite smile, Kane really didn't know how to face this reality.

"Sun, you played beautifully!!! Come on!"

Fans are forgetful.They all called for Kane to come on early in the game.Now their mood is only on Son Xingmin who almost scored a goal just now.

Listening to the shouts of the Tottenham fans, Kane's sense of crisis grew wildly.

The game on the field continued.

Startled by Tottenham's attack.The Southampton players felt compelled to pay back.

"It's our turn. Come on!"

"This is our site, we can't let the guests steal the limelight!"

"attack!"

Southampton began to organize the offensive.They wanted to return the salute, and this time they attacked more fiercely.

However, at this moment, Southampton's defenders are paying more attention to the defense.

This made Southampton's overall formation not as forward as before.

And this also allowed Southampton to successfully avoid the rapid counterattack that caused Tottenham to play the same as the previous time.

Seeing that the counterattack led by Sun Xingmin was blocked by Van Dijk and others who had been prepared for a long time.

Apart from being slightly relieved, the Southampton team couldn't help but become dignified.

"Nimma, why is the Tottenham team so much more difficult today than last time?"

Even Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't help asking his teammates: "Tottenham's team is a little tricky today, let's not attack too much. We have to be careful about the defense."

In the next game, with Tottenham's two extremely threatening counterattacks, Southampton had to slow down their offensive rhythm.Started to put a lot of energy on defense.

But even so, Tottenham's offensive threat is not increasing.

This surprised everyone who was watching this game to find that this game, which was supposed to be one-sided, turned out to be so stalemate.

"It's surprising. Tottenham are playing so well."

"Looking at their counterattack, there is still a chance to break through Southampton's goal."

When the game came to No. 30 minutes, Sun Yi also realized this problem.And he finally made up his mind.

"Today is a battle to decide who advances to the final. Be cautious. Control the situation first. Later, we will slowly come up with a way to win."

Sun Yi's words were recognized by Dior.

So, next, Sun Yi asked the Southampton team's original game strategy.

Changed the offensive flow tactics used to enjoy the game to focus on a solid backcourt.

The Southampton team, which no longer emphasizes offense but instead focuses on defense, makes Tottenham, which mainly plays defensive counterattacks, a little uncomfortable.

The tactic they were asked to do was to defend well and wait for Southampton to attack, and then take the opportunity to play an efficient counterattack.

But at this moment, the Southampton team didn't attack much, so they didn't know whether to attack in reverse or continue to wait.

And Southampton's defense, which has obviously strengthened its defense, also made Tottenham's counterattack less handy.

Under such circumstances, Tottenham's offensive threat began to decline.

Likewise, Southampton's attacking threat has been on the decline.

In this way, the game began to look a little dull, and the shots were reduced a lot.It was as if those efficient offensives from both sides were of another game before.

Although the fans on both sides are shouting hard, hoping that their own team can thrive and score first.

Unfortunately, neither side was able to score.Even after playing the entire first half, they failed to score a goal.

As a result, the two sides could only return to the locker room with a zero-to-zero draw.

Later, both sides returned to the game.

Soon, the second half of the game also started with the referee's whistle.

As soon as the game started, the fans discovered that the two sides did not make many adjustments during the intermission.

Similar to the second half of the first half, the two sides still played so exciting and intense.It was as if suddenly both sides lost their desire to win.

"Sun, this guy didn't attack aggressively. Is this a change of sex?"

Pochettino was a little surprised by the scene after the start of the second half.He has studied Sun Yi's character.He thinks that Sun Yi is very aggressive.The tighter the game, the more aggressive Sun Yi tends to be.

During the intermission, he felt that Sun Yi should make the Southampton team attack wildly in the second half.That's why he hardly makes any adjustments.

But Sun Yi also arranged the tactics for the second half from Pochettino's personal character.Sun Yi feels that Pochettino is likely to maintain Tottenham's tactics in the first half.Even if there is a change, it will not deviate from the core idea of ​​defensive counterattack.

Therefore, Sun Yi simply did not adjust the tactics of the Southampton team.

In terms of overall strength, Southampton is actually more dominant.After defending well, relying on the striker led by Ronaldo, Sun Yi firmly believes that without too much investment, he will have a higher chance of winning than Tottenham.

The thinking of both sides made the fans a little dissatisfied after the second half of the game started.Fans on both sides were dissatisfied.

However, the difference is that Southampton fans still trust Sun Yi very much.

"Although I don't like Southampton's way of playing, I believe Sun must have his reasons for doing so."

Southampton fans trust Sun Yi so much, but Pochettino cannot reach this level in the hearts of Tottenham fans.

Once dissatisfied, they have more ideas.

"Pochettino should adjust."

"The momentum of the Southampton team has been defeated by us. We should make persistent efforts and strengthen our offense."

"It's exciting to think about putting Southampton into a passive defense at St Mary's!"

"And we can really do it. Don't forget we have Kane, our best player on the bench."

"As long as we send Kane up and step up the attack, we will definitely beat the pompous Southampton team here at St. Mary's Stadium."

Thinking of this, Tottenham fans couldn't stop.The more they think about it, the more they feel they should.

"Change Kane! Let him play. We need him now to attack the team!"

"Hurry up! Pochettino, when do you want to wait before sending Kane on the field?"

Under the urging of the fans, the members of the Tottenham coaching staff couldn't help but feel excited.

After watching Tottenham struggle to get a good chance to counterattack quickly, Pochettino couldn't help but start thinking about letting Kane play.

In any case, Kane is recognized as the core of the Tottenham team.In the crucial decisive battle, it is really unreasonable not to have him.

It’s okay if the game is won, but if it’s not ideal, then you can’t explain it to the team management and fans after the game.

Thinking of this, Pochettino really couldn't resist the idea of ​​sending Kane on the field.

He waved his hand: "Kane, go warm up and get ready to play!"

"Yeah! I'm going to Kane!!"

"As long as Kane plays, Southampton will be dead for you."

Seeing Kane going to warm up, Tottenham fans cheered.

Attracted by the popularity, Sun Yi also found out that Kane was about to play.

He wasn't nervous, on the contrary, after he and Dio glanced at each other, both of them couldn't help but smile.

"Kane's coming. Let's not bother."

"Victory is ours!"

After a while, taking advantage of the dead ball, Kane replaced Lucas on the pitch.With Kane playing, Tottenham also switched back to their usual 4312 formation and offensive tactics.

Tottenham cheered as soon as they saw him on the pitch.

"Kane is on. The strongest Tottenham team is back!"

Hearing the fans calling for the strongest Tottenham team, Pochettino couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

As for the Southampton team, Sun Yi suppressed the smile in his heart and began to command the team calmly.

Soon, the game restarted.

With the support of the fans, Tottenham launched an offensive against Southampton.And it was a significantly more ferocious attack.

Seeing this, both Pochettino and Tottenham fans are very excited.Looking forward to defeating Southampton.

However, their expectations did not come true.

Don't look at Tottenham's offensive looks more ferocious after Kane came on the field, but there are fewer truly powerful offenses.

And unknowingly, they gave up today's strategy of focusing more on side assaults.Back to the tactics developed with Kane as the core.

Such a tactic, if the Southampton team still does what it did before, it will still be effective.But after Kane played, the Southampton team also secretly changed their tactics.The previous tactics against Tottenham were used.

It didn't take long for Pochettino and Tottenham fans to be surprised to find that: instead of getting better, Tottenham gradually fell into a disadvantage.

This made them all a little confused.

And soon, they became even more confused.

Less than 5 minutes after replacing Kane, Southampton scored a goal.

Before, the Southampton team played so hard that they couldn't score one.Now it's a goal.

Both Pochettino and Spurs fans can only attribute this to luck.At the same time, I also feel that Tottenham will cheer up and get the score back.

However, in the next game, Tottenham played worse and worse.Not only did the players scramble for the ball during the offense, but it also allowed Southampton to score another goal.

"Two to zero. There is no suspense in the game!"

After leading by two goals, Sun Yi immediately gave Dior a high-five to celebrate.

It's not that he looks down on Pochettino's ability.But with Kane on the court, Tottenham cannot be Southampton's opponent.Unless Kane's core status is deprived.

Just how is this possible?

(End of this chapter)